A portable cooler is disclosed having wheels at one end, a pop-up tray table on top and an umbrella stand located at the wheeled end of the cooler.
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1. A portable cooler, comprising:
a body; wheels on one side of said body; a pull handle on the side of said body opposite to said wheels; a lid on top of said body; a pop-up tray table on said lid of said body; an umbrella with mast and pointed end on said mast; and means for allowing said mast to pass through said pop-up tray table and said body on the wheeled side of said body such that said pointed end may stick into the ground.
9. A portable cooler, comprising:
a body; wheels on one side of said body; a pull handle on the side of said body opposite to said wheels; umbrella mast-holding straps on said body; a pop-up tray table on a lid of said body; an umbrella with mast and pointed end on said mast; and means for allowing said mast to pass through said straps and be held against said body such that said pointed end may stick into the ground while holding said body in place.
7. A portable cooler, comprising:
a body; wheels on one side of said body; a pull handle on the side of said body opposite to said wheels; umbrella mast-holding straps on the same side of said body as are said wheels; a pop-up tray table on a lid of said body; a umbrella with mast and pointed end on said mast; and means for allowing said mast to pass through said pop-up tray table and be held against said body on the wheeled side of said body such that said pointed end may stick into the ground while holding said body in place.
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This application is a Continuation in Part of application Ser. No. 09/917,551 filed Jul. 30, 2001, which is now U.S. Pat. No. 6,554,012.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to coolers and more specifically to portable coolers with umbrellas.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Portable coolers are an otherwise well known modem convenience. Some specific examples are the following:
U.S. Pat. No. 6,261,488 to Rucker shows a wheeled cooler with a plurality of compartments and a handle with which to pull it.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,374,839 B2 to Patarra shows a wheeled cooler with at least one compartment, wheels and the addition of an umbrella located in the center of the compartment.
It is an object of the instant invention to provide a portable, wheeled cooler with a removable umbrella located at the wheeled end thereof along with a pop-up tray table.
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Cooler 10 is otherwise well known, as from U.S. Pat. No. 6,374,839 B2 mentioned above. Therefore, this disclosure will not contain detailed description of known art. It is limited to novel aspects only.
Cooler 10 has wheels 54 at one end and a pull handle 22 at the other. Tray table 35 is supported by supports 36. It may rise to its working position when the cooler 10 is stopped and it may rest retracted and flush with cooler 10's lid 33 when stored or when being pulled. Inside handle 22 is a cutting tray.
Supports 36 are rotatably placed upon cooler 10 lid 33. Supports 36 have rotating links 31 both on the bottom of tray table 35 (shown) and within the lid 33 (not shown). As tray table 35 is pulled up from its resting and/or storage position upon lid 33, supports 36 rotate around links 31 until tray table 35 is fully in its upright position. At the full upright position, supports 36 rest upon lid 33 using foot supports 32. Foot supports 32 provide a stopping point for the rotation of supports 36 and further provide a base upon which tray table 35 may rest in up and working position. Tray table 35 has holes 39 for holding fishing poles.
In operational position with tray table 35 up, umbrella mast 42 passes down through opening 30 of tray table 35 and then through the wheeled end 12 of cooler 10. Mast 42 ends in a pointer 72 having a point 72a for entering the ground. When pointer 72 and its point 72a have been stuck into the ground, cooler 10, its contents and tray table 35 are relatively solidly in operational place.
By passing mast 42 through opening 30, mast 42 may add extra support to tray table 35. This can be especially so on a windy day.
Rather than pass directly through the body of cooler 10 at wheeled end 12, another embodiment allows the mast 42 to be retained by an umbrella strap 80 located outside the body proper of cooler 10. See FIG. 2. Strap 80 allows the mast 42 to hug the outside side of cooler 10 at the wheeled section. Great purchase is still afforded to mast 42 via pointer 72 and its point 72a. Thus, cooler 10 is still held firmly in place. Any increased rigidity mast 42 may give to tray table 35 via hole 30 is still available. Umbrella strap 80 is preferably located along one long side of cooler body 10 for greatest overall balance along body 10. There is a cargo net 37 for holding miscellaneous articles on the side of the cooler.
IN OPERATION, cooler 10 is pulled to a desired resting spot on its wheels 54 via pull handle 22. At the desired spot, tray table 35 is brought upwards to its operational position and umbrella mast 42 is pushed down through opening 30 therein. Mast 42 goes further down through either the cooler 10 body at the wheeled portion 12 or is held fast against the body by umbrella strap 80. Mast 42 is pushed down far enough to force point 72a of pointer 72 firmly into the ground.
Umbrella mast 42 helps to provide some increased extra rigidity to tray table 35.
As the day is done, mast 42 comes up out of the ground and out of the cooler 10. Tray table 35 goes back down into storage position and cooler 10 can be pulled back home.
It should be understood that the foregoing relates to preferred embodiments of the invention and that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
Battaglia, Anthony, Patarra, Samuel F.
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